Description
Contents: Running Extra – The AF Challenger: Two Views (The release of this electronically sophisticated locomotive last fall caused a stir in the S gauge community. Tom and Bill take an in-depth look at different facets of the engine and what it means for the hobby) Consist – Celebrating 50 Years Of Fellowship With Readers (Don recalls the early days of S as well as prospects for the future); Readers Reveal Kinship To S In Our 50th Anniversary Survey (Dozens of S Gaugian readers were happy to share their thoughts on the Golden Anniversary of the magazine); After Five Decades, New Products Still High On List Of S Priorities (Contributing Editor Dick Arsenault ruminates on where S has been and speculates on where it is going during this 50th Anniversary year); Cars Of Distinction And Near Extinction (This photo essay highlights a dozen S scale freight cars that roll on this Indiana pike, some from the earliest days of S); Magazine Production 101 (Publication of the S Gaugian has come a long way over the past 50 years, from a mimeographical newsletter to a glossy four-color international magazine that never sees a typewriter) Plans, Drawings – American Flyer Transformer Dead Man’s Control Departments – S Briefs; Product Reviews; AF Collector’s Column; Roundhouse; Club Car; S Clubs; Dealer Directory; Video Screen; S Ads, S Events, Ad Directory
Issue: March – April 2012
Condition: Very Good